Technical Director of Game Services (Apex Legends)

Director of Game Services (Apex Legends)

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Overview

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. A team where everyone makes play happen.

We are looking for a Director of Game Services that is an industry expert on managing a premiere live service game utilizing technologies and strategies that focus on the player experience and satisfaction. This role has an operational focus with a deep business reach that affects the outcomes of the Apex Legends franchise at Respawn Entertainment. This individual will apply their years of engineering and live service experience to design, document, and deliver tools, systems, and services while reporting to the Head of Online Services.

What you will do

• Lead your team through strategic planning, people development, and live services development and delivery milestones
• Work collaboratively as a technical liaison for the Head of Online Services on all major projects within your technical domain
• Become a trusted and effective member of the senior engineering leadership team of Online Services
• Write and review code across various domains and service tiers of critical importance to achieving the studio's strategic goals
• Design, review, build, deploy, and operate the technical live services that our players rely upon daily
• Collaborate with engineers and staff from various departments demonstrating your competency, capabilities, focus, and sense of ownership for key projects
• Principally or support the writing of technical design documents, run books, standard operating procedures, and other forms of documentation that enrich our engineering culture
• Understand and demonstrate knowledge of business critical production cloud architecture as expressed through presentations, diagrams, and documentation
• 10 years of demonstrable software engineering experience

Ideally, you will have

Other qualities we look for

Compensation And Benefits

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).

In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off, sick time, holidays, parental leave, insurance, and 401(k). Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

In British Columbia, we offer a package of benefits including vacation, sick time, leave benefits, health coverage, life insurance, retirement plan. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

About Electronic Arts

EA is an equal opportunity employer. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. We support flexible growth and wellbeing across global teams.

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